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In India elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy

In India elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy

Close to a billion Indians are eligible to vote in a 44-day national election beginning today. It will be the largest democratic exercise in history.

  • by Zach Hope

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China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan

China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan

China’s latest economic data highlights a glut of excess capacity and a flood of cheap exports, which is generating a growing backlash from a number of its trading partners.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Japan’s lower house passes joint-custody bill bringing hope to Australian parents

Japan’s lower house passes joint-custody bill bringing hope to Australian parents

Dozens of children, including at least 89 with Australian parents, have been abducted in Japan by one parent under a century-old law.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Rebels celebrate taking key border town, Thailand left scrambling

Rebels celebrate taking key border town, Thailand left scrambling

Concerns of a Myanmar military counter-offensive at the border has drawn neighbouring Thailand closer to the conflict.

  • by Zach Hope
Why Iran’s latest attack should give Australia pause for thought on AUKUS

Why Iran’s latest attack should give Australia pause for thought on AUKUS

Australia is in the thick of the United States’ global alignment, and as a key ally, we will rise or fall by its tide.

  • by David Livingstone
A drunk Australian ran ‘amok’ in Bali. Locals locked him in a mini-mart

A drunk Australian ran ‘amok’ in Bali. Locals locked him in a mini-mart

After allegedly attacking a local, the Australian had to be kept safe from an angry mob at about 3.30am near the Potato Head Beach Club in North Kuta.

  • by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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What is it really like to eat lab-grown meat? I’ve just tried

What is it really like to eat lab-grown meat? I’ve just tried

For a few hundred bucks a head, Singapore diners will get an exclusive seven-course menu featuring cultivated meat concocted in Australia.

  • by Zach Hope
China helping Russia’s ‘most ambitious’ war machine expansion since USSR

China helping Russia’s ‘most ambitious’ war machine expansion since USSR

Some 90 per cent of Russia’s microelectronics and machine tools used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft, come from China, says the US.

  • by Steve Holland and Susan Heavey
Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case

Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case

The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences, with no possibility of the money being recovered.

  • by Aniruddha Ghosal
Caught at an Indonesian abattoir, this activist says he was beaten, burnt and smeared with blood
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Caught at an Indonesian abattoir, this activist says he was beaten, burnt and smeared with blood

Infiltrating the facility to check on humane treatment of cattle, the activist said he was hit by “a mob with a mob mentality”.

  • by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could

China blocked my visa. I spent three years getting as close as I could

In the end, its actions amplified voices it had hoped to suppress.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw